Cisco insight series: Expendable Cisco business units and employees

Cisco has cut 62 employees in Santa Clara, 79 employees in Rancho Cordova, 87 employees in Irvine, 178 employees in San Francisco and 1,044 employees in San Jose.

Update 8-7-11:

1,826 Cisco WebEx and collaboration employees guillotined by Tandberg executives

Update 8-4-11:

A guiding principle of Cisco's layoffs, "Those who were laid off might have worked 100% for Cisco, but people who work 100% for their managers are preferred."

16-year Cisco employee headcount chart:

Fiscal Year	TOTAL*	NonUSA	MFG	Engineers	Sales	Admin
2010	70,700	32,350	18,250	21,250	24,600	6,600
2009	65,550	28,500	16,600	19,300	23,250	6,400
2008	66,129	28,700	16,794	19,584	23,529	6,222
2007	61,535	26,500	16,227	18,410	21,465	5,433
2006	49,926	19,600	13,126	15,288	17,322	4,190
2005	38,413	11,000	6,812	13,935	14,414	3,252
2004	34,000	9,600	6,000	12,000	13,000	3,000
2003	34,000	9,000	6,000	12,000	13,000	3,000
2002	36,000	10,000	6,000	13,000	14,000	3,000
2001	38,000	11,000	7,000	13,000	15,000	3,000
2000	34,000	9,000	6,000	11,000	14,000	3,000
1999	21,000	4,400	3,900	7,000	8,600	1,500
1998	15,000	3,000	3,000	4,500	6,300	1,200
1997	11,000	2,000	2,200	3,400	4,500	900
1996	8,782	1,400	2,147	2,420	3,387	828
1995**	4,086	621	427	1,016	1,617	405

Source: Cisco Form 10-K Filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

*2010 thru 1996: MFG + Engineers + Sales + Admin = TOTAL

**1995: NonUSA + MFG + Engineers + Sales + Admin = TOTAL

On April 26 Cisco offered its Employee Early Retirement (EER) program to about 5,900 Cisco employees in the U.S. and Canada who met the eligibility requirements. The program closed on June 24 with approximately 35% (2,058 employees) taking Cisco's offer.

On May 5 Cisco's incompetent (at least in my opinion) CEO John Chambers permanently embedded his disastrous operating commitee, councils, boards and working groups management structure deeper within Cisco.

On May 26 Cisco's Human Resources SVP suddenly bolted from Cisco!

On July 19, Cisco dumped 5,000 employees by selling its manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico.

Additionally, specifically targeting employees who are U.S. Citizens, August 19 will be the last day of employment for 4,400 more Cisco employees (including 15% of vice president-level and above employees). Employees will be notified of their fate starting August 2 - 4.

The week of August 2-4 Tandberg executives laid off 1,826 Cisco WebEx and collaboration employees, learn more...

Furthermore, during Q1'FY12, Cisco will layoff 1,200 members of its contingent workforce.

Also, Cisco hired Lee Hecht Harrison to provide career transition support for its laid off employees.

Finally, during Cisco's Q4 and FY11 earnings conference call it will announce specific Cisco Business Units that are targeted for elimination.

Cisco Layoff - WARN Reports

The U.S. Department of Labor does not publish WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) reports. Nonetheless, some States make WARN notices available and some do not. You may also wish to view the Cisco layoff news featured on Daily Job Cuts.

Below for the convenience of Cisco employees, you will find a listing of State WARN web sites. However, keep in mind that some of the States do not have listings and for those States that do have listings, some are not current.

Cisco employees may wish to personally email or telephone your local State Rapid Response Dislocated Worker Unit Coordinator for additional State WARN Notice information:

Alabama - WARN Notices